20/08/2016
My brother gets noticed by the ABC
John Ray
The ABC wanted to know who these strange people are who voted for Pauline Hanson's "One Nation " party. So they searched around for One Nation supporters to interview. And one of the people they found was my brother. I always vote for Pauline as well.
Chris, looking quietly amused
The ABC reported:
Chris Ray, who runs a business selling spare parts for British-made motorbikes, believes in an Australia that makes things.
He is worried about the decline of local manufacturing and is not convinced globalisation has been a good thing for the country.
"What really happened with globalisation is the multi-national corporations decided it was going to be a lot cheaper to produce goods in third world countries at virtually slave labour prices, so that's what they did," Mr Ray said.
"Of course, in the West, we've now become addicted to really, really cheap appliances and goods but the question that comes to mind is how are we going to earn the money to pay for those goods?
"We've not only shipped that technology overseas, we've shipped the jobs overseas as well and there's a real shortage of jobs for everyone in the community."
Mr Ray points to Brexit and Donald Trump as proof voters are mounting a worldwide rebellion against the status quo.
"There's been a big reaction against that among ordinary people, working class people, and small business people," he said.
"They're pretty much fed up to the back teeth with it and I guess we're all looking to the smaller alternative parties, who are more willing to call it out as they see it, for a real alternative."
Mr Ray said it was "gratifying" to have so many minor parties to vote for in this year's election, including Pauline Hanson's One Nation.
"I don't pretend for a minute that Pauline has all of the answers. I know she often struggles to explain things but we don't care that she's not perfect," he said.
"She speaks to us with the same voice. She's one of us. She's an ordinary working class person, a small business person and she talks to us and I think with our help and support she'll eventually get it right."
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